Blood
The fluid tissue of the cardiovascular system
(specialized connective tissue)
What is Blood?
Liters of blood that the heart beats per day
What is 8,000 Liters?
Damage to heart causes weakening of the cardiovascular system
What is Heart Failure?
Needs its own constant supply of oxygen-rich blood
What is the Myocardium?
Blood pressure is measured by
What is a sphygmomanometer?
Blood provides ____ to cells/tissues
What are Nutrients?
Number of chambers the heart is made up of
What are 4 Chambers
The hardening of the arteries
What is Atherosclorosis?
Originate at base of ascending aorta
What are the left and right Coronary Arteries?
Blood pressure needs ___ readings to determine hypertension diagnosis
The most numerous blood cell type
What are Red Blood Cells?
The thin, tough sac that the heart is covered by
What is the Pericardium?
Rapid loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain.
What is a Stroke?
Where Blood enters the heart
What is the right atrium through the superior and inferior vena cava?
High blood pressure is called
What is Hypertension?
The 3 formed elements of blood are
What are Platelets, White Blood Cells, and Red Blood Cells?
Covers the outer surface of the heart; under the pericardium
What is the Epicardium?
Cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal production of WBCs
What is Leukemia?
Blood leaves left ventricle through the
What is the Aortic Valve?
Hypertension can cause this in the brain
What is a Stroke?
Makes blood into a fluid
What is Plasma?
The wall between atria; under the aorta
What is the Interatrial Septum?
Yellowing of skin and sclera due to a disorder in the liver
What is Jaundice?
From the left atrium, Blood flows into the
Hypertension can cause this is the heart
What is a Heart Attack?